Volpe garners DAR Good Citizens award

Wednesday

Feb 6, 2013 at 3:15 AM

ROCHESTER — Christopher Volpe, a senior at Spaulding High School and teller at Holy Rosary Credit Union (HRCU), was recently awarded the school’s DAR Good Citizen award by the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Volpe, who is Spaulding’s lone award recipient, was elected to receive the honor by his teachers and peers based on the qualities of dependability, service, leadership, and patriotism he has demonstrated in the community and in the classroom.

“Christopher has displayed a continued level of professionalism and maturity in his daily tasks at HRCU and in his academic studies,” Spaulding Branch Manager Leah Esslinger-Sprowl said. “He is truly a special student and the quality of his work along with his dependability makes him deserving of this honor.”

Volpe is now eligible to enter the DAR Good Citizens Scholarship Contest for the opportunity to receive a cash award in the amount of at least $250 (or a savings bond) and a special State DAR Good Citizens pin and certificate.

If chosen as a national winner, he will be invited to Washington D.C. in April to attend the DAR Continental Congress and will be awarded a $3,000 scholarship, an inscribed silver bowl, a National DAR Good Citizens pin and certificate. The national second-place winner will receive a $1,000 scholarship and certificate, and the third-place winner will receive a $750 scholarship and certificate. The remaining six geographical National Division Winners will receive a cash award in the amount of $500.